Résumé

Draftsman, California State Engineer, Sacramento, CA, 1909. (See Sacramento Directory Company's Sacramento City Directory, 1909, p. 166.)

William D. Coates served as State Architect of California in 1911.

Partner, Coates and Traver, San Francisco and Fresno, CA, 1911-1925 (partnership began in San Francisco in 1911 and moved to Fresno in 1914); he worked alone and in association with Allied Architects of Fresno during the 1930s. Coates operated from an office in Room #626 in the Rowell Building, c. 1917. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Fresno Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 07/07/2022.)

Principal, William D. Coates, Jr., Architect, Fresno, CA, 1942-1948. In 1942, Coates had an office in Room #627 of the Rowell Building in Fresno. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 07/06/2022.)

Partner, Coates and Metz, Architects, Fresno, CA, 1948-1953.

Relocation

William D. Coates, Jr., was born in Oakland, CA, on 12/19/1880.

He dwelled 1515 H Street in Sacramento, CA, by 1909. (See Sacramento Directory Company's Sacramento City Directory, 1909, p. 166.)

The architect and He and his wife Pearl and her son lived at 264 North Van Ness Avenue in Fresno, CA, when he filled out his World War I draft registration card in either 1917 or 1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Fresno Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 07/07/2022.)

William Coates resided at 927 Echo Avenue in Fresno, CA, as noted in the 1920 US Census. His step-son, James Lloyd Coates, also lived with them. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Fresno, Fresno, California; Roll: T625_97; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 45, accessed 07/07/2022.)

He resided in Fresno, CA, at 3901 Huntington Street in Fresno, CA, in 04/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 07/06/2022.)

The architect died in Fresno, CA, on 04/26/1953.

Parents

His mother's maiden name was Dixon.

Spouse

He wed Edna Pearl Black (born 07/21/1886 in Redlands, CA-d. 02/04/1975 in Fresno, CA) sometime between 1913 and 1916.

This was her second marriage. She peviously married William Y. Richardson (1884-1941) on 02/11/1905 in Los Angeles County, CA. With William Richardson, she had a son, James Lloyd Richardson (born 10/26/1905 in Seattle, WA), who also went by the name "James Lloyd Coates." Edna lived in San Francisco at 615 Post Street and operated a lodging house. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1913, accessed 07/07/2022.)

Biographical Notes

According to his World War II draft registration card, Coates was Caucasian with a light complexion, blue eyes and gray hair. He stood 5-feet, 10-and-1/2-inches tall and weighed 180 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 07/06/2022.)

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